82 are in permanent homes, but the council says that 90% of survivors have selected a permanent home to move into.

Previous council leader unaware of three-week plans

Robert Atkinson

“The great error the Prime Minister made was promising people would all be rehoused in three weeks, and that led to complete distrust of all numbers and all statistics, and she must have known that wasn’t possible,” says Labour councillor Robert Atkinson.

“When I heard the announcement that people would be housed within three weeks, I phoned the then-leader of the council [Nicholas Paget-Brown] and asked him, how could that possibly be achieved?

“[Temporary homes] give them that ability to change their minds because it’s very difficult for people to make a decision on where they want to live for the rest of their lives.

“We’re doing a lot of additional work to make sure [homes] meet their needs, like taking gas out and putting sprinklers in. Over 90% of the survivors and bereaved families of Grenfell Tower have now selected a home.

“The rest are cases with specialist needs, we only have five people in a hotel who are yet to make a decision.”

Other boroughs 'paying the price' for lack of homes

Atkinson criticised the government for not doing more to help with the social housing situation in Kensington and Chelsea.

Current figures show around 2,700 people on the waiting list.

Kensington and Chelsea council meet to discuss the Grenfell fire. Leader Elizabeth Campbell stands, with deputy Kim Taylor-Smith to her right

“One of the wishes of the Labour opposition from the beginning was that it should not be left to the poor or those already on the council waiting list to pay the price of the Grenfell tragedy.” he says.

“Now the council has used its reserves to buy more properties - in the long run that will increase the number of units available, but in the interim there did appear to be a complete cessation of the allocation of housing units.

“Not just in Kensington and Chelsea but in our neighbouring boroughs as well. People in Hammersmith and Westminster have also paid the price of trying to give priority to Grenfell.

Government have 'no idea' on social housing

“What we really need is a government policy on social housing, and a year after that was promised by Theresa May, there is no sign they have a clue what to do about public housing.”